Nah, just ride. Then the trail workers can be really unmotivated this year and spend 1/2 as much total time (their unpaid free time) working on the trails, mostly fixing other peoples' selfish decisions instead of building new trails or reroutes that beautifully surf the contours.

A few of us walked the trails on saturday. South facing trails on the 200s looked almost ready to ride. The North facing trails such as 301 were a different story, there was still snow on the trail in some places and frost was evident. Some rain might help finish off the frost. Prepare for a late opening this year. Last year spoiled us with a March 15 opening, this year might be one of the latest openings. I recall opening on April 15 several times, I would guess with the rains this week, we could be looking at April 20 or so.

I believe next saturday is the first official trail day. Anyone recall where all the downed trees were? We got a few already on the south side. Once we get the trails cleared, the general consensus is that 301 needs some attention with deburming and such.

Five of us worked on the trails last night trying to fix up some bridges. There is a lot of trail damage and the erosion left a lot of silt on the trails which wasn't drying out. 8 inches of rain in 24hrs was hard on the trails. I'd expect the trails to open Saturday or Sunday but prepare for very rough conditions and maybe even some closed trails.